Design challenges of wind turbine generators

2009 IEEE Electrical Insulation Conference, EIC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 146-152

  Gao, George ^a   Chen, William ^a  

^a TECO Westinghouse Motor Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Partial discharge (PD); Pulse width modulation (PWM) voltage pulses; Slip ring; Variable frequency power converter; Wound rotor induction machines

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL DISCHARGE PULSE; SLIP RINGS; VARIABLE FREQUENCIES; VARIABLE FREQUENCY POWER CONVERTER; VOLTAGE PULSE; WOUND-ROTOR INDUCTION MACHINES;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TURBOGENERATORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 70449638138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EIC.2009.5166334     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. "Global Equity Research: Energy & Power", Lehman Brothers, October 4, 2006
2. "20% Wind Energy by 2030", US Department of Energy, Report no. DOE/GO-102008-2567, July 2008
3. "Global Wind 2008 Report", Global Wind Energy Council, January 2009
4. IEC 60034-18-42, Qualification and Acceptance Tests for Partial Discharge Resistant Electrical Insulation Systems (Type II) Used in Rotating Electrical Machines Fed from Voltage Converter